[clue-tech] mount second hard drive

[Bob Meetin]

Let me rephrase the description, I'm not s/a technically inclined.  I 
can get around the file system fine, used to do desktop support for Sun 
(UNIX) most of 2 decades back, but that's not what I do best.  I do web 
development and am close to in love with v.i. (David is cringing and I'm 
giggling).  Using cPanel interfaces to run SQL commands  is torturous. 
Thirst is a matter of willpower and perspective.  Yeah I owe him a tall 
cold one or two and a burrito; he knows and I know. 

I have a new generic no OS PC on order, perhaps a week or so away and 
will be more liberal when it arrives.  This particular PC is this side 
of a dinosaur, but has been faithful since its birth 2 ice ages back.  
In the mean time I'll grab what I need off the 'duron' and rh9 drive.

What I am sort of hearing is that the problem we have 2 different linux 
flavors that don't mix well perhaps because one is old or that we don't 
have compatible tools.  Working from the command line for me is 
convenience and yes, patience is in the mix as is distraction.  I'll sit 
tight for a week.  Actually I do care about the RH9 drive and I don't 
want to reinstall over it. David suggested long ago that I need a new 
Linux box - it is coming to pass.

And yes again I appreciate the suggestions. -B

Jed S. Baer wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:33:40 -0600
> Bob Meetin wrote:
>
>   
>> so I found an old drive with 
>> redhat 9 and am able to boot up fine.
>>     
>
> After re-reading the thread, I agree with Dave A. If your current drive
> is RH9, and is an old drive, it sounds as if you don't care about it at
> all, just your main drive, which is now drive #2.
>
> Get a modern distribution. Doesn't matter if you use a Live CD, or just
> install something recent onto your "old" drive -- the one you're
> currently booting from. If you decide to install a recent distribution,
> and want to be ultra-careful, then disconnect your #2 drive, and then
> just install over the top of RH9 on the old drive. I think the Live CD
> will be the easiest though.
>
> The main thing, I think, is to make it easy for the LVM types on the list
> to help you. I don't know LVM, but from what Keith and Dave posted, it
> sounds like it won't be like pulling teeth, once you have modern tools.
>
> jed
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